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We are still in the running to win a Pepsi Refresh grant of $50,000 to be used for 1,000 partial Every Child Can scholarships.

As of Wednesday afternoon we’re in 4th place and in line to win the grant. If you live in the US, vote now to keep us there!

Please remember you can vote twice each day: Once by texting, once by voting on the website. Instructions below.

Pepsi Facebook app

You can also vote again with the Pepsi Facebook app. Search for “Every Child Can”. Sometimes it isn’t working, but it’s worth checking too.

We were as high as #4 today, but every night we drop some.We still need you all to vote and text every day for the next 8 days!

Here’s my new idea:

Please consider copying, pasting, and probably editing the note below to 10 folks you know that are not involved with our voting (relatives, neighbors your kids, your kids friends) who have unlimited texting.

If you can get them all to vote once via text we could get an extra 60,000 votes which will make it almost impossible for us to drop out of the top 10 and get the scholarship money! All of the top 20 groups are going to make a big push now, so this can really help us stay on top.

I did this yesterday with the 600 folks I email in addition to all of you and sent the note to 4 list serves (my son’s school, neighborhood, etc.) and we moved to our highest spot yet.

Below is a draft of an email to send to your ten folks. Also, please continue to vote and text yourself every day!

Thanks and only a 8 days to go!

Email Template for Your 10 New Texters:

Hi _______,

I am sure you know we are great supporters of the Suzuki method for teaching children how to play a musical instrument.

The Suzuki Association of the Americas is very close to winning a grant contest and we need some more people to text in votes. It takes about 20 seconds.

All you need to do is text 100547 to 73774 (text rates apply if you do not have unlimited texting)

Would you please grab your cellphone right now and send that text? You will receive a response that your vote was counted, but no text spam.

For more info on this grant, or if you would like to learn more about the Suzuki method, please visit http://suzukiassociation.org/news/4684/

If you would like to help more often, you can text once a day for the rest of September. If you would like a daily reminder, send an email to James Hutchins at .

Thanks for the help!

Anyone ranked between #1-#10 gets the $50,000 grant money at the end of this month. We need more votes to hold on to the top 10.

Thanks to all who are continuing to vote and text.

Just 9 days left this month!

You Can Vote Twice Every Day

Text 100547 to 73774

Text rates apply if you don’t have unlimited texting. If you can’t text because of a fee, vote online with the instructions below instead.

How to Vote Online

  1. Go to refresheverything.com/everychildcan

  2. Click the “Vote for this idea” button.

  3. If you aren’t already signed up with Pepsi Refresh, choose the “No, I’m new here!” option on the sign in form. You will be asked to sign up for a voting account.

  4. Fill out the registration form. You’ll be signed in after you register.

  5. Click the “Vote for this idea” button again. It’ll say “Thanks” if your vote was registered.

  6. Come back and vote for us every day! You can use Resnooze to send you an email reminder every morning. And don’t forget to ask all your studio parents and friends to vote too!